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Frontness may be used to describe where in the mouth a sound is articulated. In English front vowels include <nowiki>[i,e,ɛ,æ,a]</nowiki>. Front consonants are those made at the [[Alveolar (definition)| alveolar]], [[Labial (definition)|labial]] and [[Dental (definition)|dental]] places of articulation.
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Frontness may be used to describe where in the mouth a sound is articulated. In English front vowels include <nowiki>[i,e,ɛ,æ,a]</nowiki>. Front consonants are those made at the [[Alveolar (definition)| alveolar]], [[Labial (definition)|labial]] and [[Dental (definition)|dental]] places of articulation. The opposite of front is (obviously) [[Backness (definition)|back]]. The back vowels of English are <nowiki>[u, ʊ, o, ɔ, ɑ]</nowiki>. Back consonants include the [[Velar (definition)|velars]], [[Uvular (definition)|uvulars]], [[Pharyngeal (definition)|pharyngeals]] and [[Glottal (definition)|glottals]]
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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[[Vowel (definition)]]
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[[Consonant (definition)]]
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_vowel
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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[[Category: Technical Definitions]]
 
[[Category: Technical Definitions]]
 
[[Category: Phonetics]]
 
[[Category: Phonetics]]
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[[Category: Place of Articulation]]

Revision as of 09:06, 14 November 2009

Frontness may be used to describe where in the mouth a sound is articulated. In English front vowels include [i,e,ɛ,æ,a]. Front consonants are those made at the alveolar, labial and dental places of articulation. The opposite of front is (obviously) back. The back vowels of English are [u, ʊ, o, ɔ, ɑ]. Back consonants include the velars, uvulars, pharyngeals and glottals

See Also

Vowel (definition) Consonant (definition)


External Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_vowel

References